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http://wavy.com/2014/11/18/robber-demands-oxycodone-from-rite-aid-pharmacist/ NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A man walked into a Newport News Rite Aid Monday night with one goal in mind — to steal as much Oxycodone as he could. Police say the suspect held a white t-shirt over his face when he walked into the pharmacy in the 600 block of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard around […]

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. Meth, heroin dealing suspects rounded up in Johnson County raids http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/meth-heroin-dealing-suspects-rounded-up-in-johnson-county-raids six months investigation and 50 cops to round up 18 “bad guys”… Indiana’s AG Greg Zoeller is throwing every 20th century process at the war on drugs… and Heroin use/abuse/deaths are going thru the roof… Indiana is at or near the top of […]

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SHORELINE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PHARMACY ROBBERY Several Pharmacies Targeted In December 2007 Crime Spree http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2008/feb/dent.html From the article: Drug Enforcement Administration Group Supervisor Ruth Carter stated, “DEA will continue to aggressively pursue and seek federal prosecution of individuals who commit violent offenses against DEA registrants, including pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and other locations where controlled […]

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Attorney General’s Office presents argument defending rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions http://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?id=32414#.VGvisMmZhJR From the article: PORTLAND, Ore. — This week, the Attorney General’s Office will defend rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions for time-sensitive medications. On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. in Portland, Ore., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will […]

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Why doesn’t CVS clearly define its ExtraCare rewards for customers? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20141118-column.html From the article If companies want to reward customer loyalty, offer a real reward. Don’t make a nifty-sounding promise and then renege when the customer tries to cash in. And now CVS Health is playing fast and loose with its ExtraCare rewards program. The […]

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Pharmacies Limit Legitimate Paid Meds http://health.wusf.usf.edu/post/pharmacies-limit-legitimate-paid-meds From the article: Now both Walgreens and CVS have developed checklists and internal policies which have resulted in severely limited access for legitimate pain patients. Many patients must negotiate of gauntlet of checklists and rules to obtain their pain medications. Physicians have been contacted by pharmacists who request diagnoses, […]

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Drugstore cowboy strikes again, hits Nob Hill CVS http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/drugstore-cowboy-strikes-again-hits-nob-hill-cvs/Content?oid=2912209 From the Article The man wanted in a string of pharmacy robberies in San Francisco since late October might have struck again. A suspect walked up to the pharmacy window of a business in the 1000 block of Hyde Street about 8:55 p.m. Friday and showed […]

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http://tbo.com/news/crime/dea-seizes-pharmacys-drugs-gets-sued-20141117/ DEA seizes Tampa pharmacy’s drugs, gets sued From the article: TAMPA — The owners of a pharmacy on Race Track Road say the Drug Enforcement Administration seized all its controlled substances and is illegally interfering with the drug store’s ability to do business. RS Compounding, which does business as West Chase Compounding Pharmacy, filed […]

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I started this blog and my Face Book page https://www.facebook.com/PharmacyRouletteYouBetYourLife in mid-2012. Mostly out of wanting something to do, I was temping in LTC and was not happy with the direction that pharmacy… particularly community chain pharmacy  was taking. I got blind-sided by Walgreen’s Good Faith Policy when it first started in early 2013.. when […]

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